Install SmartPlant Markup Plus Server in Silent Mode (retired) - Intergraph FreeView - Hexagon

SmartPlant Markup Plus Retired Installation and Setup
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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10
SmartPlant Markup Plus Version
10.0 (2019)

You can install the retired SmartPlant Markup Plus Server in silent mode, which requires no user interaction as the software installs.

To install SmartPlant Markup Plus versions 2019 SP 1 or prior in silent mode, use the installation executable file at the command prompt with the required information passed as arguments.

  • You must have administrator privileges to run the silent installation.

  • Argument values that contain spaces must be enclosed in quotes.

Required silent install parameters

The required silent install parameters and their descriptions are listed in the following table.

Parameter

Description

[full path to SPM_setup.exe]

Specifies the full path to SPM_setup.exe.

-q, -quiet, -s, -silent

Runs in silent mode (no prompts).

-install

Performs an installation.

SHARED Tip You can also use the -uninstall parameter to uninstall all components of the SmartPlant Markup Plus software, including the server. When uninstalling, none of the remaining parameters are required.

SLAACCEPT

Accepts the software license agreement. This must be SLAACCEPT=YES.

SERIALNUM

Provides the product serial number.

INSTALLSPMSERVER

Indicates whether to install the SmartPlant Markup Plus Server. To install the server, this must be INSTALLSPMSERVER=1.

SERVERPASSWORD

All of the letters of the parameter name must be in uppercase.

The password used to log on and run the Brava! Job Processor and Blazon Queue Server services.

SHARED Tip The user name associated with this password is the optional SERVERUSERNAME parameter, described below.

If you are using a version prior to SmartPlant Markup Plus 2019 Service Pack 1, the job processor service is called Blazon Job Processor.

WEBAPPSPATH

Full path to the Apache Tomcat webapps directory.

Apache Tomcat must be configured with 64-bit Java Runtime Environment.

Optional silent install parameters

The optional silent install parameters and their descriptions are listed in the following table.

Parameter

Default

Description

-l, -log

%temp%

The location for the installation log file.

The user running the silent install must have write access to the log file location. Otherwise, the installation fails without generating a log file.

INSTALLFOLDER

C:\Program Files(x86)\SmartPlant\Markup

Specifies a path to the location where the software is to be installed.

Silent installation will fail if the installation path ends in \ (backslash).

COMPANYNAME

Hexagon PPM

The name of the company that the software is registered to.

USERNAME

PPM

The name of the user that the software will be registered to.

SERVERUSERNAME

Domain\username of the account running the silent install

The username used to log on and run the Brava! Job Processor and Blazon Queue Server services.

If you are using a version prior to SmartPlant Markup Plus 2019 Service Pack 1, the job processor service is called Blazon Job Processor.

HOSTNAME

Fully qualified domain name of the server where the silent install is being run

The fully qualified domain name of the server machine where you are installing the SmartPlant Markup Plus Server software. A fully qualified server name is usually in the format: ServerName.DomainName.com.

URLPREFIX

HTTP

The URL prefix for the SmartPlant Markup Plus Server. For secure connections (SSL), this must be URLPREFIX=HTTPS. For non-secure connections, this must be URLPREFIX=HTTP.

PORTNUMBER

8080

The port used for SmartPlant Markup Plus Server. For secure connections (SSL), this is usually PORT=8443. For non-secure connections, this is usually PORT=8080.

Port numbers must be between 0 and 65535.

Examples

The following example installs SmartPlant Markup Plus Server with the required arguments only:

[full path to SPM_setup.exe] -silent -install INSTALLSPMSERVER=1 SERIALNUM=[serial number] SLAACCEPT=YES SERVERPASSWORD=[my password] WEBAPPSPATH=[full path to the Apache Tomcat webapps directory]

The following example installs SmartPlant Markup Plus Server in a specified folder and defines a log file location:

[full path to SPM_setup.exe] -q -install INSTALLSPMSERVER=1 SERIALNUM=[serial number] SLAACCEPT=YES SERVERPASSWORD=[my password] WEBAPPSPATH=[full path to the Apache Tomcat webapps directory] INSTALLFOLDER="D:\Program Files (x86)\SmartPlant\Markup" –log “D:\Logs\SmartPlantMarkupPlus.log”

The following example installs SmartPlant Markup Plus Server for secure connections (SSL):

[full path to SPM_setup.exe] -q -install INSTALLSPMSERVER=1 SERIALNUM=[serial number] SLAACCEPT=YES SERVERPASSWORD=[my password] URLPREFIX=HTTPS PORTNUMBER=8443 WEBAPPSPATH=[full path to the Apache Tomcat webapps directory]

The following example removes all the SmartPlant Markup Plus components, including SmartPlant Markup Plus Server:

[full path to SPM_setup.exe] -quiet -uninstall

Running the silent installation

  1. Prior to running a silent setup of SmartPlant Markup Plus over a network, ensure that the following conditions exist:

  2. Log on as an administrator with write access to the log file path.

    You must have write access to the log file location. Otherwise, the installation fails without generating a log file.

  3. Click Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Action Center, and click Change User Account Control settings.

  4. Turn UAC off by moving the slider to Never notify, and then click OK.

    UAC can be returned to its previous setting when installation is complete.

  5. Using administrator privileges, open a Command Prompt window from the Start menu.

  6. At the command prompt, type a command to install SmartPlant Markup Plus.